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Ecuador Living Standards Measurement Survey 1998

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida 1998
Provider 
National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Ecuador)
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Geography 
Ecuador (ECU)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1998 - 12/1998
Series or system 
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) - World Bank
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to collect data on the nutritional status of children up to 5 years old. Results from this survey were compared to the 1996 results along with changes in social conditions during that period.

The sample size was 5,801 households.  Interviews were conducted on the child's diet and food consumption and expenditures. Anthropometric measures were also taken on 2,998 children.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Alcohol use, Antenatal care, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Breastfeeding, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child labor, Community health clinics, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Crops, DTP vaccines, Diarrhea, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Fertilizers, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Height, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Income, Injectable contraceptives, Land ownership, Languages, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Loans, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Mortality, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, Pap smears, Parents, Personal health expenditures, Pesticides, Pharmacies, Physical activity, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Respiratory infections, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Sleep, Summary birth history, Symptoms, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Training programs, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight
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